Of note, there is someone coming into camp banged up and might not be able to play right away. They didn’t say who, but based on the clues they’ve given, I think it might be Hartman. It would also explain the signing Khaira as depth down the middle. We’ll know for sure Thursday.
Couple tidbits regarding Rossi from this article, pasted below —
> Yeah, I just saw him last week and I said exactly that to him. He looks like he’s got some maturity to him. Like it’s not just that he looks bigger. He looks mature, and that comes with, obviously, time. He’s played pro hockey. He’s had some learning situations, and he looks more mature, more confident, and hopefully that translates on the ice.
> As far as Rossi, yeah, let’s just have it play out. We are very confident. I’ll tell you right now our thought process: He’ll start, which you’ll see at the start of camp, with (Marcus) Foligno and (Freddy) Gaudreau on the right side. We’re going to tinker with some stuff throughout, but we think that would be a very strong line.
> Yes, I’d probably start with (Joel Eriksson Ek) to the top line, so maybe there’s a position where Rossi, Jo-Jo and Boldy play together. Boldy and Marco have had a chemistry together. So yeah, there’s certainly some areas for us to tinker with, not only in camp but in the preseason. We will be watching the chemistry very, very closely.
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Of note, there is someone coming into camp banged up and might not be able to play right away. They didn’t say who, but based on the clues they’ve given, I think it might be Hartman. It would also explain the signing Khaira as depth down the middle. We’ll know for sure Thursday.
Couple tidbits regarding Rossi from this article, pasted below —
> Yeah, I just saw him last week and I said exactly that to him. He looks like he’s got some maturity to him. Like it’s not just that he looks bigger. He looks mature, and that comes with, obviously, time. He’s played pro hockey. He’s had some learning situations, and he looks more mature, more confident, and hopefully that translates on the ice.
> As far as Rossi, yeah, let’s just have it play out. We are very confident. I’ll tell you right now our thought process: He’ll start, which you’ll see at the start of camp, with (Marcus) Foligno and (Freddy) Gaudreau on the right side. We’re going to tinker with some stuff throughout, but we think that would be a very strong line.
> Yes, I’d probably start with (Joel Eriksson Ek) to the top line, so maybe there’s a position where Rossi, Jo-Jo and Boldy play together. Boldy and Marco have had a chemistry together. So yeah, there’s certainly some areas for us to tinker with, not only in camp but in the preseason. We will be watching the chemistry very, very closely.